JANE EYRE
Written by
Moira Buffini
Adapted from the novel by
Charlotte Bronte
2ND DRAFT
6TH MARCH 2008
EXT. A MIDSUMMER DAWN. THORNFIELD - THE GROUNDS.
First light. Jane Eyre is running across a meadow, flushed
and breathless; the hem of her plain, black dress soaked
with dew. She carries a shawl and has a small bag of
belongings over her shoulder.She trips, falls to her knees; looks back. Expressive eyes,
open features. She is desperate. We see the house she is
running from; a Jacobean battlemented mansion.Her need to escape is so great that she crawls forward
until she is able to raise herself to her feet. She runs.She reaches an antique stile by a brook. She lifts herself
on to it. She lands on the road. And runs.I/E. DAY. A ROADSIDE/COACH.
[Movie Script]Jacobs Ladder
"JACOB'S LADDER"
byBruce Joel Rubin
EXT. VIETNAM - DUSK
A swarm of helicopters swoops out of a yellow sky and deposits an army
of men over a Vietnamese hillside.The SOLDIERS scramble over the terraced rice paddies for the protection
of the jungle. Falling into coulmns, like strands of soldier ants,
seventy-five men, at combat readiness, assemble on the edge of a
sweltering wilderness.It is dusk. The mood is lazy, soporific. Members of one platoon huddle
close to the ground smoking a joint.
JERRY
Strong stuff.ROD
(to JACOB, a soldier
squatting several yards
away)
Hey, Professor, how many times can
you shit in an hour?GEORGE
Don't bug 'im.DOUG
Where are those gooks already?FRANK
Some offensive. I don't even think
they're out there.PAUL
Jesus, this grass is something else.JACOB SINGER returns to the group, pulling up his pants.
ROD